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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has resolved to lift some sanctions on Niger Republic, Mali and Guinea.
The resolution was taken at the extraordinary summit on the peace, political and security situation in the ECOWAS sub-region in Abuja on Saturday.
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, while addressing the decisions of the commission, said it has suspended the closure of the land and air border to Niger, a no-fly zone of all commercial flights.
He stated that it has also suspended the freezing of all financial transactions between ECOWAS states and Niger, including transactions relating to the bloc’s central bank and the unfreezing of all of Niger’s assets at EBID.
Adding that they have also lifted the travel ban on members of the military junta and their families.
The president said the move was “based on humanitarian considerations due to lent and the approaching month of Ramadan.”
